Temporary binder



June 10, 1930. M. MEYERSON 1,762,403

TEMPORARY BINDER Filed April 25, 1928 l NVE NTOR Meyerson ATTORNEY k Patented June 10, 1930 UNITED STATES IJtZAtS MAX MEYER-SON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TEMPORARY BINDER Application filed April 3?,

This invention relates to a temporary binder, and a particular object thereof is to provide a binder of this type which may be inexpensively made, readily operated,

and which will possess considerable flexibility as regards the number of sheets which it will accommodate.

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less specific than those referred to above, will be in part obvious and in part pointed out in the course of the following description of the elements, combinations, arrangements of parts and applications of principles constituting the invention; and the scope of protection contemplated will be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are to be taken as a part of this specification, and in which I have shown merely a preferred form of embodiment of the invention:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional View through a binder constructed in accordance with this invention, the section being taken substantially upon the plane of line I-I of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the structure seen in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken upon the plane of line III-III of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detail view illustrating a modified construction of the sheetretaining elements employed, and

Fig. 5 is a similar view illustrating a fur- F ther modification.

Referring to the drawings for describing in detail the structure illustrated therein, the reference character L indicates what may be termed the back or hinder portion of a book, which carries at its opposite sides the usualhinged covers 1 and 2.

The covers 1 and 2 may be parts of a sin gle continuous piece of fibre board if desired, in which instance the intermediate portion of said piece of fibre board will 6X tend across and comprise or form a part of the back or binder portion L.

The binder portion is preferably thickened, either by the addition of a separate filler member 3, by an increase in thickness 1928. Serial No. 272,578.

of the sheet fibre board employed, or otherwise, sufiiciently to allow a pair of sockets as 4l4 to be formed therein at each end into which may be received the opposite ends as 5- -5 of arch members forming the inner end portions of sheet-retaining members G and H.

At each end of the back L is arranged a bracket 6 for carrying the sheet retainers respectively. Each of these brackets pref erably consist of a relatively vertical portion 7 and a horizontal portion 8. The ver' tical portion is shaped to provide a vertical guide-Way 9 while the horizontal portion extends into engagement with the back L, being attached thereto by any suitable means, as for instance the attaching screws 10 illustrated.

The sheetretaiuers and H each include a relatively horizontal portion or red as 11 fixed at its inner end to a slide piece 12 which is vertically slidablc in the guide-way 9 and which is provided with an appropriate thumb-screw as 13 arranged for interengaging between the slide piece and the bracket for retaining the slide piece at any position to which it is slid along the guide way.

The thumb-screw is preferably carried in a threaded aperature as 141- of the slide piece so as to serve as a handle by which to move the slide piece, the handle serving at the same time of course as a rotatable member for fixing the slide piece in an adjusted position, as will be readily understood.

The ends of the sheet retainers are spread apart transversely of the length of the main parts or rods 11 of said retainers and are of a general circular curvature as indicated in Fig. 3 so that sheets as 15-15 held thereby may be readily swung back and forth in the usual manner whenever it is so desired, it being understood that the sheets are connected with the ends by having suitable perforations as 16 therein for receiving said ends 5.

It should be here mentioned that in some instances the rods 11 may be provided with only a single end as shown at 17 in Fig. 4:, the single end being particularly adapted for use in instances where the sheets which it is desired to hold Within the binder are continuous across the back L.

Also it may in some instances be desired to use the rods 11 without any laterally turned end Whatever, as indicated in Fig. 5, as for instance when it is desired to use the binder for retaining manufactured books or pamphlets, such as telephone books and the like, the straight rod 11 merely engaging in the space between adjacent leaves of the book and thus preventing accidental detachment of the book.

The rod 11, irrespective of whether it be a simple straightrod as in Fig. 5 or provided with one or more lateral extensions as in the other figures, may be attached to the slide piece 12 either permanently, or adjustably as preferred. If permanently attached this may be accomplished by forming the rod integral with the slide piece or riveted or otherwise held thereto as indicated in Fig. 5. If the rod is to be adjustably connected with the slide piece this may be accomplished in any appropriate manner and as a simple expedient to this end, the drawing, Figs. 1 and 4, suggests that the end of the rod 11 may be provided with a screw extension as 18 thereon adapted to engage within any selected one of a series of threaded apertures as 1919 spaced apart vertically in the slide piece.

It will be seen that the rod 11, whether stationary with the slide piece or adjustably connected thereto, may be moved toward and away from the back or hinder portion L within appreciable limits as determined by the vertical height of the bracket. Also that the adjustable connection of the rod 11 with the slide piece may be utilized in instances where a greater range of movement of the rod toward and away from the back L than is provided by the bracket is desirable.

In use the covers 1 and 2 are spread open as in Fig. 3. Where single sheets are to be held these are placed in proper position, the rods 11 with their extending ends 5 being at that time lifted to their upper extremes or entirely removed, and then said rods are placed in position with their slide pieces 12 engaging within the brackets 6 and with their ends 5 threaded through the apertures 16 of the sheets and continuing into the sockets 4 of the back.

If the rods 11 are adjustably connected with their slide pieces the connection may be effected at any adjusted locality upon the slide pieces so as to bring the rods into proper engagement with the sheets while at the same time bringing the thumb screws 13 into proper operative relation to the brackets, this being of course dependent upon the thickness of the pile of sheets to be held.

Where double, or continuous, sheets are to be bound the same procedure will be followed, except that the rods 11 in that case will preferably be formed each with only a single down-turned end as 17 in Fig. 4, said end being of course vertically beneath the end of the rod, instead of the transversely spaced ends as 5 in Fig. 3, it being understood that the single ends l? are intended to engage within suitable apertures provided to receive them along the median line of the sheet.

Where pamphlets or books, such as telephone books and the like, as above mentioned, are to be bound in the binder, such books or pamplets will be placed in position and the plain straight retaining rods 11, with their slide pieces 12 as in Fig. 5, will thereafter be applied to hold the book or pamphlet against displacement.

In instances where the binder portion extends longitudinally beyond the slide pieces 12, as illustrated, the binder portion may be provided with sockets or the like as 12 to accommodate the lower ends of said slide pieces.

As many changes could be made in this construction without departing from the scope of the invention, as defined in the following claims, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description, or shown in the accompanying drawings, shall be in terpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is g 1. A temporary binder comprising a back, a sheet retainer comprising a sheet-engaging part and an attachingpart, means for mounting said attachment part upon the back for adjustment of the sheetretainer toward and from the back, and means whereby said two parts are adjustable with respect to each other for thereby increasing the range of effective adjustability of the sheet-retainer toward and away from the back. i

2. A temporary binder comprising a back, retaining devices at opposite ends of said back, at least one of said retaining devices comprising a rod extending parallel with the back and a carrying member for said rod, means whereby the carrying member is adjustably connected for movement toward and away from the back, and means whereby the rod is adjustable upon said carrying member toward and away from the back.

3. A temporary binder comprising a back, retaining devices at opposite ends of said back, at least one of said retaining devices comprising a rod extending parallel with the back and a carrying member for said rod, a bracket fixed to the back having a guide-way therein, means whereby the carrying member is slidable within the guide-way to move in a direction toward and away from the back, means to hold the carrying member in any position of adjustment with respect to the bracket and means whereby the rod is adjustable upon said carrying member toward and away from the back.

4. A temporary hinder comprising a back, retaining devices at opposite ends of said back, at least one of said retaining devices including a rod extending parallel with the back, means by which said rod is adjustably connected with the back to permit adjustment toward and away from the back, and said rod having end portions oppositely projecting therefrom and curved toward the back with their ends in spaced relation and adapted to extend through apertures provided in sheets which it is desired to retain within the binder.

5. A temporary binder comprising a hack, retaining devices at opposite ends of said back, at least one of said retaining devices including a rod extending parallel with the back, means by which said rod is adjustably connected with the back to permit adjustment toward and away from the back, said rod having end portions oppositely projecting therefrom and curved toward the back with their ends in spaced relation and adapted to extend through apertures provided in sheets which it is desired to retain within the binder, and the back having sockets provided therein for receiving the terminals of said extending ends.

6. A temporary binder comprising a hack, retaining devices at opposite ends of said back, said retaining devices each comprising a rod extending parallel with the back, means by which said rods are adjustably connected with the back to permit adjustment toward and away from the back, and said rods having laterally extending end portions projecting therefrom toward the back adapted to extend through apertures provided in sheets which it is desired to retain within the binder.

7. A temporary binder comprising a back, retaining devices at opposite ends of said back, said retaining devices each comprising a rod extending parallel with the back, means by which said rods are adjustahly connected with the back to permit adjustment toward and away from the back, said rods having laterally extending end portions projecting therefrom toward the back adapted to extend through apertures provided in sheets which it is'desired to retain within the binder, and the back having sockets provided therein for receiving the terminals of said extending ends.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

MAX MErER'soN. 

